A/N: So chapter 13. I've gotten quiet a lot of reviews for the last chapter. Hehe. So I haven't really quite decided how I want this chapter to go, so hopefully it'll end up pretty good. There's going to be some mushy goodness in this chapter and possibly some smex but we'll see. To address the reviews: Stuff2Eat-review for chapter 11-Thanks! I haven't thought about that yet, but I'll get to it when I'm done with this story. I may even do several different stories based off of this one. We'll see-for chapter 12-heh, even Lynn told me to slow down, surprisingly. Apparently she thought that I was going too fast as well but I figured I'd been MIA for like a month, so three chapters seemed a fair 'I'm sorry'. Hell's Butterflies- I'm glad you liked it! I put a lot of thought into it so I'm very proud of it. Of course Lynn helped with it as well . Ourfavoritefangirl-chapter 12-I tried to make it as funny as possible so I'm glad that you liked it so much! bonitalito-chapter 12-Sorry about the random odd looks but I'm glad that you liked it .
Thanks for all the reviews! I hope to get just as many for the rest of the chapters, lol. So…onward to the story, since that is indeed the main reason you're here. If I've left anyone out, please let me know and I'll fix it ASAP. Remember, reviews fuel the plot bunnies! MUAH!
Previously: He stood there shell shocked for long moments as Lynn danced away from him, laughing softly at the shocked look on his face, before tilting the bottle up and drinking from the bottle. Sesshomaru blinked, his eyes focusing on the pale neck presented to him. His arousal hit ten-fold, and he felt his beast trying to claw its way to the surface, and he gulped quietly when she smirked, apparently aware of the turmoil that she was causing within his body. His eyes tinted red before he darted after, smirking when she squealed a bit and hauled ass, dancing out of his reach whenever he got close and laughing as she ran off again, keeping him on his toes. Kurama, Takai, Fury and the others smiled at the look of happiness on her face. Rin, thinking it was a game that her Lord was playing with the Lady Feara, insisted on joining in and laughed as she pounced on her Lord trying to "save Lady Feara from the big bad Lord Sesshomaru", causing them both to laugh. 'It would seem,' Fury thought to himself, 'that my daughter honestly loves Sesshomaru. I have never seen her be so open with anyone, not even Taka. I may just have to let Sesshomaru have her hand, if she truly wants him.'
Sesshomaru smiled as he watched Feara cuddle close with his sleeping ward. The poor child was exhausted from chasing after himself and Feara. He made a mental note to thank Rin later, as he probably would have accosted the Lady Feara in front of her entire village without thinking in his aroused haze if she hadn't of joined in thinking it a game and pounced on him, effectively quashing his arousal. Of course, Rin's distraction made it possible for Feara to finish the alcohol, much to his disappointment. Of course, she wasn't the only drunk –or mostly drunk in some cases. Most of the elder villagers were pretty blitzed themselves. However, if he had to hazard an educated guess, he would say that Kurama and Takai were the most drunk at the moment, though Feara wasn't that far behind them. Kurama was currently draped all over Takai, giggling like a mad man, currently in his human appearance. Takai was giggling as well, surprisingly enough, given the situation and the previous nights' excursion. Takai didn't push Kurama away, though he didn't encourage the overly familiar fox either.
Kurama seemed to be nuzzling Takais' neck, trying to get his attention in a more than friendly manner. He was sure had Takai been in his right frame of mind, he would be trying to at least put a stop to the overly obvious advances. He shook his head in amusement. Feara was drunk as well, though she hid it well. Well, until she got up and tried to skip over to Sesshomaru, stumbling over her own feet and falling into his lap, holding Rin close to her to keep her from getting hurt from the fall. She blinked in shock and confusion as she didn't feel a hard crash and looked up into Sesshomarus' golden amused eyes. The confusion was quickly swept away as a brilliant smile lit up her features before she leaned up and nuzzled Sesshomaru beneath his chin, causing a shiver to go through his body.
'Gods!' he thought to himself, 'I want her so badly!' His beast purred in agreement, and if it weren't for the fact that Sesshomaru tightened his hold over his beast after he almost ravished her earlier, he would have clawed his way to the surface and taken her right there by the fire, regardless of anything and anyone.
"'Kai!" he heard suddenly and looked over the fire at her cousin and Takai. From the looks of things, things had rapidly progressed from neck nuzzling to cheek nuzzling, given the fact that Kuramas' lips weren't far from Takais' own. Though apparently Takai was aware enough of himself and his surroundings to not let Kuramas' lips even graze his own. Though it would seem he wasn't entirely unaffected by the persistent foxes advances. Lynn suddenly giggled loudly before covering her mouth with a hand to stifle them. "''Kai'," she snickered out, finding Kuramas' nickname for the dragon rather cute. Takai, having heard Lynn's giggling, turned towards her, holding up an arm between himself and a clingy Kurama to ward him off.
"Wha's so funne?" he asked, then scowled at himself at his slurred words. Apparently he didn't realize how drunk he was until just then. Lynn just continued to giggle madly behind her hand, burying her face into Sesshomarus' fur which had instinctually come up between them when she fell to protect her from his hard armor. Sesshomaru merely smirked at Takai. "I do believe, Takai, that she is laughing at her cousins' rather apt nickname for you. It is rather…cute," Sesshomaru said with an air of smugness. Takai frowned and pushed Kurama away gently before attempting to stand. Attempting being the key word, for as he stood up, he suddenly clasped his head, dizzy Sesshomaru assumed, and stumbled backwards before his feet hit the back of the log he had been sitting on and tumbled over the log to land on his ass on the other side, the back of his head smartly hitting the ground in his tumble.
A sudden pulse of energy alerted Sesshomaru to Kurama switching to his Youko form, and used Takais' temporary shock to crawl over his stunned form, running his hands from Takais' knees that were dangled over the log and up his thighs, shocking Takai from his stunned stupor. "L-Lord K'ruma! W-wha are you doin'?" The sensual smirk that crossed Kurama's face, which was only noticed by Takai as he was the only one currently close enough to see it, caused Takai to blush profusely. "O-oi! Shomaru! A little help here!" Takai pleaded, quickly sobering up, but not enough to say his words properly. Lynn outright cackled at the perfect position that Takai was in, and Sesshomaru knew without a doubt that she wouldn't let either of them live it down.
"Sorry, dear Takai, but I have two Ladies in my lap and am currently unable to move. You'll have to get yourself out of your own mess," Sesshomaru said, smirk in place. Takai whimpered and felt his cheeks get even warmer as Kurama let his hands rest near his groin and leaned forward, his lips near about touching Takais'. "Kurama!" a loud voice boomed out, startling the few around the fire other than Sesshomaru who hadn't noticed Furys' approach, but the one most startled by it was Kurama himself. He had jumped and quickly looked up to find his Uncle only a few feet away from them, his arms crossed over his broad chest as he looked down at his inebriated nephew and their guest. "What do you think you're doing, Kurama?"
Kurama pouted and pulled away a bit. "Uncle…why mus' you int'fere in my fun?" Kurama slurred out, the alcohol still pretty evident in his system even though he was in Youko form. "Because it is evident that our Lord Takai is opposed, at least at this moment, to your advances. It wouldn't do for you to take advantage of him in his drunken state, let alone your own. Perhaps, if you wish to pursue him," Fury said, a smile beginning to form on his lips at his daughters continued laughing and Takais' stuttered out "P-p-pursue?!" that had a slight pitch to it, "it would be in your best interest to do so when you both are uninhibited by demonic sake." Kurama pouted at his uncle, pulling further away from Takai.
"Father!" Lynn suddenly whisper-shouted, as she didn't want to wake the sleeping Rin as she carefully maneuvered her into Sesshomarus' arms as she got up and stumbled over to her father and clutched his arm as she tripped. Fury instantly reacted and pulled her closer to him to keep her from hurting herself. She smiled up at him and snuggled closer. "Father, p'haps we should let 'em get mated. 'Ruma seems to want 'Kai." "M-mated?! Milady-!" Takai squeaked out, but before he could say more Fury chuckled. "No, Feara dear. Unless they both consent, we shouldn't force them to do anything."
Kurama pouted, Takai sagged with relief, and Lynn glared at her father, pulling away. "Oh, so he doesn't have to be forced into a mating, but I do?" she growled out, suddenly coherent and sober. Fury blinked in shock and quickly reached out to her, but she backed away. "Feara, dear. I understand your anger, but I am no longer forcing you to mate with anyone." "Only because he was an ass and hit me! If he hadn't shown his colors at the last minute, I would be mated now!" she yelled, not noticing the villagers becoming quiet and watching nor Kurama and Takai stumbling to their feet and dashing over or even Sesshomaru getting to their feet. Takai and Kurama quickly wrapped their arms around Lynn, hoping to calm her, holding her between their chests, a soft rumble pouring from both of their chests, immediately soothing the irate female. Sesshomaru stood close as well, holding Rin close with one arm, the other at his side, itching to pull Lynn close to him and sooth her himself, but as it was, Takai and Kurama beat her to it.
"I made a mistake, Feara," Fury said softly, his hands falling to his sides and clenching into fists. "Please don't make me suffer for it any longer, I beg you." Fury looked to the ground. No one made a sound. It wasn't everyday that you found the strong Lord Fury begging, even to his own daughter. Lynn looked at her father, and realized that she was being completely irrational. Her father had already apologized to her about the incident and had even made up for it ten times over. Her lingering temper immediately fled and she looked down at her feet. "I am sorry, Father. I shouldn't have said that. You were already forgiven after you pounded Taka." Fury looked at her shocked. "You know that?"
"I believe that would be my fault, Lord Fury. I hadn't realized that you might not have wanted her to know," Sesshomaru said surprising Fury as he had temporarily forgotten he was standing near. "It is quite alright My Lord," Fury said quietly, looking at his daughter trying to gauge her reaction to it. Sesshomaru, correctly guessing what Fury feared, smirked a bit. "Though I have to say, Lord Fury, she found it quite amusing." Fury looked over at him in shock before looking back to Lynn, finding her looking at him with a bit of amusement in her eyes as she remembered the tale. "It was rather amusing how Sesshomaru told it. I wish I could have seen it myself," Lynn said, grinning up at her father.
Takai and Kurama felt the tenseness they hadn't realized they had leave their body at her amused words. They smiled and hugged her before releasing her to let her run into her fathers' arms and hug him tightly. She snuggled close and smiled happily and contentedly. After a few moments though, she suddenly yawned. "I think it's time for everyone to get some rest," Fury said quietly, hugging Lynn close. He turned with Lynn in his arms, slowly walking to his hut. Kurama immediately clung to Takai, startling him. "Come, Kurama!" Fury said loudly, startling Kurama into pouting again. He released Takai and trailed after Fury and Lynn, sulking. Takai sighed in relief but also felt disappointment flare through him. 'Disappointment?' he frowned at the feeling going through him.
Sesshomaru smirked at Takai, nudging him. "If you're that disappointed, Takai, perhaps you should take the Lady Feara's advice and get mated to Kurama." Takai whipped around and glared at him. "Oh, you are so not my friend right now, Sesshomaru. I'm still mad at you for your prank earlier! And then you didn't help when Lord Kurama was practically seducing me in the middle of the entire village!" Sesshomaru merely chuckled and headed towards the Council Hall. "Hey! I'm not done yelling at you!" Takai shouted following him with a stomping gait. He was about to yell some more but yelped when he felt something suddenly poke him. He turned to look only to find Lynn whizzing by him with a grin on her face as she zipped by and made a beeline towards Sesshomaru who had stopped to see why Takai had yelped.
Sesshomaru smiled a bit when Lynn made a sudden stop inches before she would have plowed him over and looked at her curiously. Her intentions where made clear when she grabbed the hand that wasn't currently holding Rin and tugged him towards her fathers' hut. Of course she grabbed Takais' hand on her way past him as well and tugged them both to the hut. "My Lady, I don't think it's such a great idea-" "Hush, 'Kai. Kurama isn't going to jump you. He's already knocked out," she said, cutting him off and causing Takai to blush at the use of his new nickname. "But-" "I suggest you hush and do as the Lady Feara wishes, Takai." Takai sulked as he was dragged unwillingly into Furys' hut.
Apparently, she had already planned on them sleeping all in the same hut because Kurama was already passed out on Furys' bed and another was made with extra furs on the other side of the fire that was low burning. Fury must have taken the bed within her room because he wasn't in the room or on either bed. Lynn released their hands and shooed them towards the beds. Lynn happily danced towards the empty bed and shucked off her boots. Settling down into the furs, she sighed softly and closed her eyes. Sesshomaru walked towards the bed and carefully and gently laid Rin down beside her, covering her with the furs, smiling as Lynn snuggled up around his ward. He started to move away to sit close to them but was startled when he was yanked by his tail towards them. He looked down to see what was going on and followed the hand holding his tail to a mostly awake Lynn, one eye cracked open and looking at him, tugging on his tail to get him to lay down.
Sesshomaru sighed. Fury was not going to be happy if he slept with his daughter again. Though with Rin between them, he was less likely to try anything other than cuddling. With that in mind, he felt he could risk Furys' wrath, though was unaware that said male was watching from the doorway to Lynn's room with a smile on his face. 'How easily he gives in to her,' Fury thought to himself as he watched Sesshomaru lay down on top of the furs and cuddle around his ward with Lynn. Takai stood off to one side watching as well, unaware of Fury in the door, debating what he wanted to do. He should just sneak back to the Council Hall. Surely he could manage with Feara sufficiently distracted by Sesshomaru and Rin. He was stopped, however, by a fox cloak, one that went by the name of Kurama. Apparently, he had sensed Takai in the room and also felt his retreat and acted in his sleep.
"'Kai…come lay wit' me," Kurama muttered in his sleep, not really aware of what was going on around him. Takai frowned and attempted to lay Kurama back in the bed, only to be pulled down with him. A deep chuckle caused him to look up. Fury stood in Lynn's bedroom doorway with a smile on his lips. "You aren't going to get away that easy. I think my nephew has an unconscious attraction to you, Lord Takai. When you're both sober, I suggest you two talk about it. Sleep well, My Lord," Fury said, bowing at the waist to Takai. He only frowned but the frown wasn't noticed by his host. Fury turned to say goodnight to Lynn but found her asleep, though Sesshomaru had his head turned slightly towards them, silently watching the scene unfold. "Good night, Lord Sesshomaru," Fury said quietly, smiling a bit when Sesshomaru nodded his head before turning away and closing his eyes.
The next morning Fury awoke to find everyone still sleeping, Kurama draped around a disgruntled Takai and Sesshomaru with his arm wrapped around his ward, his arm over Lynn's as she slept curled around the small human. He smiled at the scene. "Something amuses, Lord Fury?" came a quiet baritone voice. Fury looked to see Sesshomaru watching him with what seemed to be curiosity. "Just enjoying seeing my daughter happy, My Lord." Sesshomaru merely smirked at that, surprised that Fury wasn't saying anything about his close proximity to his daughter, but he wasn't about to poke that bee's nest if Fury chose to not say anything, if he even paid that much attention to it.
Fury simply went about making some breakfast and Sesshomaru closed his eyes to rest while his ward still rested, which wasn't long at all. Ten minutes later and Rin was sitting up, rubbing her eyes tiredly and looking around. "Where is Rin?" she said sleepily, not realizing Sesshomaru was right next to her, though realizing that she wasn't in the castle or in the forest in whatever random spot they camped out at. "You are in Lord Fury's hut, Rin," Sesshomaru said softly, not opening his eyes. Rin looked down with a small gasp, not expecting her Lord to be right beside her. Rin grinned happily and snuggled back down into Sesshomarus' arm. Feeling another arm around her caused her to look around and she squealed quietly and pulled both of their arms close, much to Sesshomarus' amusement.
"Don't get too loud, Rin," Sesshomaru said quietly, not wanting to wake Lynn up until she was ready to be up. "Yes, My Lord," she said quietly, snuggling close to both Sesshomaru and Lynn. Lynn sighed softly in her sleep and snuggled even closer, her hand closing around the first thing it touched, which happened to be Sesshomaru's top. Between Rin's quiet giggling and the smell of cooking meat, Lynn slowly awoke a bit confused. At first the scents that hit her nose confused her, having forgotten who she went to sleep with last night, but then she remembered, and she inhaled sharply through her nose with a gasp and opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Rin, who was giggling and playing with Sesshomarus' tail. She then looked to Sesshomaru to find him eyeing her quietly. Blushing, Lynn murmured out softly, "Morning."
"And good morning to you, as well, Lady Feara," Sesshomaru replied. Rin chose to sit up then and stretched as she got up before pouncing on them both, laughing joyously. Sesshomaru smiled a bit while Lynn laughed and tickled her in retaliation. Rin laughed and squirmed around, trying to get away from tickling fingers. Sesshomaru allowed his tail to join the fray and it began tickling Rin as well, who squealed with laughter, accidentally waking Takai and Kurama with the noise. Kurama blinked his golden eyes open, wondering why there was warm flesh beneath his cheek. It took him a moment to realize that whatever warm thing was beneath him was moving up and down, and a few moments more to realize that he was wrapped around whatever the warm thing was and there was an arm wrapped around his waist. 'What the hell?' he wondered to himself.
Lifting his head, he looked down to find a sleepy Takai blinking up at him, his moonstone eyes hazed with sleep and confusion. "Waz goin on?" Takai asked sleepily. Kurama didn't answer as he felt his face infuse with blood, blushing heavily. Kurama floundered for something to say, even as Lynn looked over at them. Lynn giggled and leaned down, whispering in Rins' ear. Sesshomaru smirked as he could hear every word that Lynn was saying to Rin and sat up to disguise their movement as they snuck around him, not that Takai or Kurama noticed at the moment.
Lynn and Rin snuck over to them quietly, grinning like crazy as Kurama continued to flounder for words and Takai woke up enough to realize the situation and a blush suffused his face as well. Silently, Lynn counted to three on her fingers. On three, she and Rin yelled out "Fox pile!" before pouncing on them, startling the males. Lynn and Rin laughed as the males caught them to keep them from hurting themselves, Kurama catching Lynn and Takai catching Rin. "Oh, really, Feara?" Kurama said with a smile on his face before he turned them both over and started tickling her, causing her to squeal with laughter and try to get away. "Kurama, I'ma kill you if you don't stop!" she laughed out. "Just try, Little One," he said. She attempted to punch him, though not getting very far as Kurama had expected it and stopped her before she even landed the hit, holding her hands down with one hand and tickling her mercilessly with the other. "I'll save you, Lady Feara!" Rin squealed and pounced on Kurama, surprising him but not deterring him.
As Rin attempted to tickle Kurama, Sesshomaru and Fury merely watched on with amusement at the romp going on not far from them. After several moments of Rin trying to tickle Kurama back and save Lynn, Takai decided to join in on the craziness and try not to think about what he woke up to and grabbed Rin, pinning her gently and tickling her. Rin giggled loudly, though thankfully not loud enough to hurt the sensitive ears in the room. "Sesshomaru, help!" Lynn shouted, Rin not far behind, "Lord Sesshomaru, help!" Sesshomaru merely grinned. "I'm afraid I cannot do that. You two mischievous ladies decided to pounce on them unexpectedly, so you dears must pay whatever price they see fit," Sesshomaru said, glancing at Fury when he began chuckling.
Takai was shocked enough by Sesshomarus' response that he stopped tickling Rin to look over at him. A mistake on his part really. He discovered that Rin could be quite the quick one when she literally pounced on him and began tickling him back. He laughed and quickly grabbed her in a tight hug, keeping her from continuing her assault on his person. They continued on this way for several minutes before the girls both pleaded for them to stop due to their inability to breathe properly from laughing so much.
Nothing changed much through the day other than Rin and Lynn going off to the river to bathe, leaving the males to chat amiably while they waited. When Lynn returned, she helped the villagers with whatever needed doing and by the time night rolled around, she was ready for a drink. Helping the villagers wasn't stressing, per say, but it did get a little frustrating at times. So she decided to put the deck of cards she had made to use. And she knew just what she wanted to play. Grinning, she skipped over to Sesshomaru who was talking with Takai and Kurama next to the fire. "Hey!" she said when there was a lull in the conversation. All three greeted her smile. "Hello, Feara dear," Kurama said softly as Sesshomaru and Takai greeted her with "Hello, Lady Feara."
She grinned. "Do you guys want to play a game?" she asked, practically bouncing on her feet. "Sure," Kurama said, not asking what she wanted to play. Foxes were playful creatures by nature, so it didn't bother him at all to play whatever she wanted. "What kind of game?" Sesshomaru asked, curious as to what game could be played by adults. While he knew foxes were playful, he wasn't aware of what games they played. "A drinking game," she said, not elaborating at the moment. "A drinking game?" all three males chorused. "Yep!" "I don't know that we should be drinking again, Feara. Especially not if we're making it into a game," Kurama said, not wishing to hurt her feelings. "But it's really fun!" she protested.
"I do not wish to offend, Lady Feara, but I myself do not think it wise to drink either. This Sesshomaru rarely drinks, and even then, not enough to get drunk. I have never played a drinking game either, so I am not sure it would be wise." Lynn pouted. "What, are you guys afraid?" she said, hoping to goad them into playing. "No, Lady Feara. I highly doubt that any of us are afraid," Takai murmured, though he really was afraid if either he or Kurama got drunk that something was bound to happen, "but would it not be better to play a game that doesn't involve drinking?" "It'll be fun!" she said again. "And besides, you can stop whenever you feel like you need to. Pretty please?" When she received a round of "Sorry" she pouted. "You guys are just chickens cause you're afraid I'll out drink you."
Sesshomaru frowned. He really didn't want to drink, but he sighed, deciding that he would play at least one game with her to make her feel better. "I will play one game, Lady Feara. I doubt I will drink much though." She immediately smiled. But then the smile faded a bit at the last part. "Uh…about that…it's called a drinking game for a reason. You actually have to drink to play this game." Sesshomaru nodded. Takai sighed. "I guess I'll play one game as well. After all, what could one game hurt?" he said, not noticing the triumphant gleam in her eyes. "I will play one as well, Feara. After that, I'm out," Kurama said as well, not wanting to upset her. "Yay!" Lynn said and danced around them. "Hold on and I'll get the stuff we need!" she said and ran off first to her father's hut then to the hut where they stored most of their food and drinks.
"Any idea what kind of game she intends to play?" Takai asked Kurama. "Not a clue," he said, propping his elbow on his knee and his chin in his upturned hand. "Though I'm sure it'll be rather intense." Before Takai could question him, Lynn came back with a rather large basket of demon brewed sake in medium sized bottles. "Got the stuff!" she said before plopping down on the ground. Fury had come up when he saw her come over to the fire with a bunch of alcohol and was curious as to what she had planned for it. "Ok, so you guys might want to sit in a circle around me and I'll explain what we have to do," she said as she set a bottle of sake in front of her and to either side of her and further up to complete the circle. Sesshomaru chose to sit facing her and Takai and Kurama sat across from each other. Once they were seated and had pulled their bottles close to them, she placed a bottle in the center of their circle.
"Ok, so here's how it goes," she said, pulling out the deck of cards that she had made a couple of weeks after she first arrived. It hadn't been easy to make them but she had managed. The back of the cards where decorated with a large Silver Fox. Each card had the regular markings of the cards from her time, though the pictures where different than what one would normally see on it. Each card held a different important person from her village. She hadn't had a chance to use them yet, so she hadn't seen how well it looked after she waxed the cards yet. "Ok, so first things first. The rules are, you can drink as often as you want, but depending on the card you draw, you'll more than likely have to drink, so be prepared. Other than that, the only other thing is that if you refuse to follow the card, you have to take a penalty shot or shots. We'll vote to see how many shots you have to take for that."
She had them all ordered from A-K in each suit so she merely counted out thirteen cards and set the rest aside for the moment. "Ok, so to explain what the game is. The game is called Ring of Fire. There are fifty-two cards here and each have a different number on them. There are four different suits, but the suits aren't important for this game." When they looked at her confused, she giggled a bit. "Ok, let me explain. It's not literally a Ring of Fire. There is actually no fire involved in this game at all. It's just what it's called. I'm not sure why there are only fifty-two cards to a deck of cards but there are. These are called cards," she held them up to show them, smirking at their awed but still slightly confused looks. "In my time, we use these a lot in all kinds of different games. There are thirteen cards for each suit. The suits are hearts, clubs, diamonds, and clovers. Not sure who came up with those either. They are numbered basically from one to thirteen."
She laid out all thirteen cards in order, the suit happening to be hearts, and pointed to the Ace. "This is called the Ace but is also known to be one. Then there's two through ten. The J is for Jack, which is also known as eleven. The Queen is twelve and the King is thirteen. Understand?" At their nods, she continued. "Ok, so for this game, we take and shuffle all of the cards and then put them face down in a circle around the bottle here," she said, tapping the center bottle. "Now each card has a different rule for it. I'll use myself as an example. We take turns drawing cards, going in a circle from the right. So if I draw first it'll go to Kurama. Aces are waterfall, which means that everyone has to drink. For this one, you have to keep drinking until the one who drew the card sets down their drink, then you can stop whenever the next person does. So if I drew this, you'd all drink until I put it down, then go to the right. So Takai could only stop when Sesshomaru does and Sesshomaru could only stop when Kurama does. Understand?"
They looked at each other a moment, not sure it was such good idea to agree to this, and it was only one rule in, but nodded their understanding. Fury himself looked intrigued by this game. "Ok. All of them are pretty easy to remember so it shouldn't be difficult. You can ask to make sure at any time. So now on to two. Two is for you, which basically means that whoever draws two gets to choose a person to drink. Three is for me, which means that the person who drew it has to drink. Four is for whore, which means all females have to drink. And it doesn't literally mean that the girls are whores. It just kind of rhymes with four. Five is social, which means everyone has to take a drink. Six is for dicks, which means all guys have to drink. And this is a drinking game, it's not meant to be nice," she giggled out at the looks she was getting.
"Seven is for heaven, which means whoever draws it holds up their bottle like this," she said holding her own up above her head to demonstrate, "and the rest have to follow. The last to hold theirs up has to take a drink. Eight is for you and a date, which means you have to pick someone to drink with you if you get this card. Nine is rhyme, which means that the person who got the card has to pick a word, and the person to their right has to continue with a word that rhymes with the one picked. It keeps going like that until someone messes up or takes too long to think. Ten is categories, meaning you pick category like plants or Youkai or something like that and you have to name off different things that relate to the category."
"This sounds like a lot of drinking, dear," Fury said. "Well, it is a drinking game, Father. It's supposed to be a lot of drinking. Jack is thumb master, which means that whoever draws it is thumb master until the end of the game or until someone else draws it. Thumb master means that the person who drew it can put their thumb down on the table, or in this case the ground, at any given point in time, and the last to put their thumb down has to drink. Queen is questions. Basically the person who drew it has to ask a question and it continues in a circle from their right. So answering a question with a question. And it doesn't have to pertain to the previous question, it's just whatever you think of. King is make a rule, which means that whoever draws it gets to make a rule and it has to be followed or you'll have to take the penalty shot."
Finished with explaining the cards, she gathered them back up and shuffled them expertly. "Everyone understand?" she asked as she shuffled. At their nod, she grinned. "Now, everyone has different rules for each of the cards, but these are usually the rules that I play by when I used to play it in my time. So, now that you know what each card does, the rest is simple. After you draw the card and follow whatever it tells you, you have to place the card on the top of the bottle and be careful not to knock it over, 'cause whoever knocks it over, either by moving around it or by placing a card on it, has to chug the whole thing. If you only knock over a few cards, you have to take a penalty shot and replace the cards back on top." She giggled at the pale look on each of their faces. This truly was a drinking game, and the rules where rather steep.
"Interesting. I think I'll play, dear," Fury said as he sat behind her, leaning over and grabbing a bottle for himself. Sesshomaru, Takai and Kurama looked at Fury in shock, surprised that he was intrigued by this. 'This isn't going to end very well,' the three apprehensive males in front of Lynn thought to themselves. Lynn took the cards and circled them around the bottle. Smiling, she looked up. "I'll go first, then Kurama, Sesshomaru, Takai, and last but not least, Father. You guys ready?" she asked. When she received a reluctant nod from everyone, she leaned forward and picked a card. She grinned and showed the card. "Six is for dicks," she said, unashamedly, not in the least bothered by being crude. Everyone but Fury cringed as they all took a swig from their bottle. Lynn waited until they finished to take a swig of her own.
The game surprisingly went along rather well, Lynn laughing her ass off at some of the things that they came up with. Like when Kurama drew a Queen, the first thing that came out of his mouth, which was in all likely hood a serious question, was "Can we stop this game?" Sesshomaru continued with "You don't find this fun, Lord Kurama?" Takai smirked and continued with "You afraid to be drunk around me, Lord Kurama?" "Do you need help with your drink, Kurama?" Fury asked, smiling when Kurama glared at him. "Are you falling for Takai, Kurama?" Lynn asked, shocking Kurama into silence. If it was possible, Takai paled and blushed at the same time, while Kurama blushed bright red and floundered for something to say. He floundered for so long that Lynn laughed and pointed at him. "Ha! You have to take a penalty shot, Kurama! You took too long to come up with a question."
They had decided that the penalty shot would consist of three separate swigs of their own drink. At a loss for anything to say, Kurama quickly took three swigs of his own drink, finding a sudden interest in the dirt by his feet. At that point, they were all a little drunk, so it was no surprise that when Sesshomaru drew a king, a grin immediately spread across his face. "Takai," he said, holding up the card to show what it was. "Here's a rule for you. It applies to the rest of this game. Every time that Kurama takes a drink, whether or not he has to or not, you have to kiss him." "What?" Takai and Kurama squeaked out, while Lynn started cackling. "That's the rule," he said smugly. When Kurama and Takai went to protest further, Lynn said around laughs, "You have to do it Takai. It's either that or both of you will be forced to take the penalty shot, and it can be doubled."
Takai groaned and nodded, giving up. Takai went next and drew a four. While Lynn drank and Takai placed the card carefully on top, Fury went next, drawing an Ace. At the looks on Kurama and Takais' faces, they all burst out laughing. They all started drinking once they got their laughter under control. Fury stopped after a few swallows, while Lynn went a little further before she couldn't drink anymore right that second. Kurama quickly followed her when he realized that she stopped, and Sesshomaru took a few more swallows before putting his down, allowing Takai to finally put his down. At this point, they were all rather tipsy. Takai, pouting as he remembered Sesshomarus' rule, leaned carefully over the bottle and kissed Kurama softly on his lips, causing Kurama to gasp and blush brightly.
Lynn giggled. When it was Lynn's turn again, she ended up with ten and grinned. "Sex," she said, choosing the category. "Oh, Gods," Takai muttered under his breath. Kurama blushed for like the hundredth time and sighed. "Kissing," he said, going for one of the few safer words. "Breasts," Sesshomaru said, at this point not worried about his image. "Moans," Takai muttered out. "Teasing," Fury continued. "Penis." "Rubbing." "Biting." "Scratching." "Nibbling." As it got back to Lynn, she grinned, knowing exactly what word she wanted to use to trip Kurama up. "Prostate," she said, causing Kurama to choke on his own spit and look at her in shock. He knew exactly why she had said that, and vowed that he'd get her back. But he took so long thinking that that Lynn laughed and said, "Penalty shot, Kurama." Both Kurama and Takai groaned at that.
The game went on until they were nearly out of cards until finally, when it was Kurama's turn again, he went grab a card from the other side of the bottle and accidentally nudged it enough that entire stack of cards wavered, then fell. He stared at it in shock. Lynn laughed bounced in her spot. "Kurama has to chug it!" she sing-songed. Kurama cringed before deciding to get it over with as quickly as possible. He grabbed the bottle and quickly tilted it up, chugging it down in several gulps. He set the empty bottle aside when he was finished before quickly leaning forward and grabbing Takai by his shirt, pulling him over to him before capturing his lips with his own. Takai blushed brightly and wasn't sure what to do. Kurama only kissed him for a few seconds more before drawing away, breathing heavily and blushing. Kurama was still aware enough of himself not to let his Youkai take control, so for the moment, Takai was safe from any further advances.
Lynn giggled, rather drunk herself. "You guys want to play again?" she asked. She was pretty surprised when they agreed, even Kurama and Takai, to one more round before going to bed. This round was even better for laughter, as Lynn had drawn a king. She made it a rule that whenever someone said the word "that" that Kurama had to choose a random place to lick Takai, and it couldn't be the same place every time. Considering that they were conversing between cards, it was pretty much every other sentence, so they sat next to each other for the round, causing it to switch up the rotation a bit. By the time that the cards were knocked over, everyone was quiet drunk. Since Lynn had knocked over the cards, she ended up being the one to chug the center bottle, which made her completely trashed, not to mention she finished off her own bottle as well, before Fury deemed it time for bed.
Kurama and Takai weren't paying attention, as Kurama had lost control over his Youkai as soon as he was drunk enough not to care, and was currently trying to inhale an equally drunk Takai. Lynn giggled at the scene, before looking up to her father. "'m gonna t'ke a walk, Fatha, 'fore c'ming to bed," she slurred out, standing and looking to Sesshomaru. "Would ya like ta walk w'th meh?" she asked. He didn't trust himself to answer without slurring, so he merely nodded. She grinned and watched as her father grabbed Kurama by the back of his shirt and dragged him off to the hut. Takai blinked in confusion and looked around him. Lynn watched for a few more moments before turning and walking off, Sesshomaru following her. She walked to the edge of the village, waiting until they were at the very edge of the barrier, sure they were out of sight and earshot, before grabbing Sesshomaru by the front of his armor and yanked him to her, capturing his lips with her own.
He gasped in surprise when she suddenly yanked him forward but the moment her lips touched his, his eyes bled red and his Youkai came forth. He immediately sifted his hands through her hair and brought her closer to him, returning her kiss full force. He groaned softly when her tongue eagerly explored his mouth, her tongue brushing his fangs and drawing a bit of blood. The moment he tasted her blood, he growled, scooping her up into his arms and pressing her into a nearby tree, mindful of his hard armor, before assaulting her lips, nibbling, biting and suckling on them until she moaned and wrapped her legs around his waist, arching against him. One of his hands slid up her body and was just about to grasp her breast and squeeze it gently when they both heard a voice.
"Feara!" "Lady Feara!" It was Kurama and Takai. Apparently they had been gone longer than it had seemed as they were wrapped up in themselves. Sesshomaru carefully put her down and drew away from her a bit, both of the breathing heavily and arousal still in their bodies, neither deterred by the approaching males, but knowing that if they were caught, Fury would be…well…furious. Lynn growled in frustration, watching as Kurama and Takai stumbled into view, both looking about the same as them, but worried about them. "Feara, luv! 'ncle's lookin' for ya! Is time ta s'eep." Under normal circumstances, she would have thought it was funny how Kurama was talking, but to say she was frustrated was an understatement. She wanted to be with Sesshomaru, damnit!
"'K-kay…we'll be there shortly…" Lynn said, trying to suppress her annoyance at being interrupted. "'Kay," they said in unison before stumbling off back towards the village. The second they were out of range, Lynn leaped back into Sesshomaru's arms, surprising him and causing him to stumble a bit with the sudden unexpected weight on top of his drunkenness, and proceeded to kiss him senseless. Sesshomaru happily allowed Lynn to do as she wished. When she moved her lips from his and to his neck, he gasped and growled softly as she placed nipping kisses down his throat to the opening of his shirt. Tugging on his shirt, trying to reveal more skin, neither of them heard the approach of one of the villagers, thankfully a younger male one who found the situation humorous rather than scandalous, she tried to get to more of his skin.
They jumped when the male cleared his throat, looking away politely. Lynn immediately pulled away, shivering as her body slid down Sesshomaru's as he helped her down, making sure she was steady on her feet before pulling away a bit. Lynn was furious, but she tried not to show it. "Sorry, My Lady, I didn't mean to…interrupt. But your father is looking for you." Lynn nodded and grabbed Sesshomarus' hand, and when they were out of eyesight, she quickly drug him behind a hut and returned her assault on his neck. He groaned softly, his head tilting back and touching the hut behind him. "Lady Feara," he growled out gently, gathering his wits about him before grasping her by the shoulders and holding her away from himself. She looked at him confused and frustrated.
"Lady Feara, as much as I would love to be with you, it wouldn't be good to cause anymore issues with your father and your clan," he said softly, trying to persuade her even as his beast tried to break through and get to his mate. Lynn growled in frustration, sifting her own hands through her hair before a thought hit her. "You said that you wanted to mate with me, yes?" she asked, rapidly sobering up with her rising ire. "Yes," he said, wondering where she was going with her current line of questioning. "You'll have sex with me if we were mated?" she asked calmly, calmer than she felt anyway. "Without hesitation," he replied, blinking when she suddenly grabbed his hand and power walked to her father's hut. "What is it, Lady Feara?" he asked, noting the determined look on her face.
"We're going to talk to my Father about getting mated. Having sex with you is the main reason I wish to mate but…" she slowed down to a stop before they reached the hut and turned to look at him, "…I also love you. I think I have since we first met, but even more so when I got to know you at the Ball." Sesshomaru's eyes widened at her declaration. Before he even thought about what he was doing, he yanked her close and kissed her greedily. Before it went too far though, he pulled away, his breathing ragged. "Let's go speak with your father," he murmured, and she quickly pulled him the rest of the way.
A/N: Woo! Another chapter! I was gonna do the sex scene in this chappie…or the start of it anyway, but I didn't want to leave you on too bad of a cliffie…so you'll have to wait one more chapter for the smutty goodness. Loves you guys! Hetomi: Done! I hope you liked it! Remember, reviews fuel the plot bunnies! MUAH!